flambeau

Example Sentences

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On Tuesday night, authorities lit flambeaus to keep wild animals away, an official involved in the operation told the Hindustan Times newspaper.

From BBC

He and friends played hide-and-seek in nearby brush but never saw the flambeau lit.

From Seattle Times

Often, when the Queen was entertaining distinguished company under the flambeaux of the Great Hall, Lancelot had found him sitting by himself in a small room, mending stockings.

From Literature

High and low the serfs looked out, red the flambeaus tossed about,— Toll slowly.

From Project Gutenberg

It was a striking scene in the otherwise perfect darkness of the streets, the torch-bearers at the sides waving their flambeaux regularly over their heads, and shouting with the rest in chorus.

From Project Gutenberg